Ceres

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Name of a Roman goddess

The name derives from the Proto-Indoeuropean word *ker = 'to grow', which is the root of Latin creare = 'to create'

Related Names

Ceres

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Grammar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Ceres
Genitive:	Cereksen
Partitive:	Cerestä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Ceres
Accusative:	Ceresi
Dative:	Ceresi
Genitive:	Ceresar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Ceres
Genitive:	Ceres'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Ceres
Genitive:	Ceres' / Ceres

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1845 (Partille, Västergötland)
  • 1863
• Iceland:
  • In the census of 1910 (Snæfellsnessýsla)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: -1929

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Dalarna
  • Nordsverige

Roman Mythology

In Ancient Roman religion, Ceres was the goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 48 people were named Ceres (percentage of first or only given name: 71 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		10	41	10	41	0	0
Finland		n.a.	21	n.a.	21	0	0
Denmark		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		5	n.a.	5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ceres.